Chapter 64 L-Life Force!?
「What’s this……?」
「A song, right? But…」
The mermaids who were rescued from the Maximilian House, who were looking for other mermaids in the settlement, heard the song.
「A very beautiful song …」
「Yeah. Can anyone sing such a song?」
「I can’t.」
They are beautiful mermaids who can sing skillfully even among the mermaids. That’s why they were being demanded by Maxmillian and being sold off by Pamela….
It was a wonderful song that even those mermaids said it was impossible for them.
「…Somehow, it feels like this song can purify our hearts.」
「Yeah, I want to keep listening.」
They temporarily stopped their search and fascinated by the song for a while.
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At first, Pamela mocked when she saw Malta trying to sing. That’s a matter of course. She was so bad at singing that she was disqualified as a mermaid. She knew it well because she’s the reason.
Malta should have neutralized or defeated her with weapons or magic. If so, she won’t be able to move anymore and can only crawl unsightly on the ground.
When she tries to manipulate her sister, who tries to sing a bad song defenselessly, to make her fight Alistar….
「――――――Eh?」
She was stunned by the beauty of Malta’s song.
Such a thing is… such a thing is should be impossible. Malta shouldn’t be able to sing such a beautiful and pure song.
Because she was the one who robbed her of her singing voice, and in fact, she was able to sing to the point she could climb to the top as the mermaids’ leader.
And yet, what is this song?
It is like being purified from the bottom of her heart… she feels that the horrifying desire that has been stirring for a long time is becoming smaller.
「W-why……」
Pamela was stunned when she saw tears spilling from her eyes. She’s not sad. It doesn’t hurt either. Even so, why her tears are…
She can’t understand it herself and she’s extremely confused. No matter how many times she wipes her tears, it still continues to flow endlessly.
Pamela gazed at Malta, who continued to sing.
『Purification, healing … It’s a song with such things imbued strongly.』
The holy sword said so while listening to Malta’s song.
Rather than magic, it’s a song with Malta’s strong wills imbued within. For this reason, it reached even to Pamela who lost her mind to her desire.
Purify the evil and do good. It was such a song, and it was a very pleasant song for the holy sword.
Meanwhile …
「(Ugyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!?)」
「(M-my head is going to breaaaaaaak!?)」
There were two people at their wits’ end while raising a terrible scream, Alistar and Magali.
The clean and pure Malta’s song. It was nothing more than a deadly poison for the two who had heart darker than darkness, those who earnestly wanted to live an easy life by making others fall.
Even Pamela, who had sold out her fellows in madness due to her own desires, was fascinated by the song. But, since these two are suffering, the wicked evil ones are exactly these two.
『I don’t know who’s the evil one here, you know?』
「(Guooooooohhhh!? Stop that unpleasant soooooong!!)」
「(My heart is being burneeeeeeeeed!?)」
These two can just get purified as it is, the holy sword thought so.
Well, it’s so black that even Malta’s song can do nothing about it.
「Ugh, aah…!」
When Alistar and Magali were suffering, Pamela, who was supposed to be fascinated, also began to suffer. She holds her head and her body is wriggling.
And then…
「Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!?」
A black miasma-like thing appeared from Pamela’s body.
「W-what?!」
「(What is that? Farts?)」
Malta reflexively stopped singing and Alistar thought something stupid.
She felt that much repulsive from the black miasma that overflowed from Pamela’s body.
『Ah, that is … a devil!?』
「(What a disturbing word. Can I ignore it?)」
Of course he can’t.
He explains carefully in Alistar’s brain.
There is a metaphor like ‘a devil personality’, but that thing is a real devil. And it came out from Pamela’s body.
『Perhaps, he stayed in Pamela’s heart the whole time. Her extraordinary desire must have been amplified by that devil…!』
「(Is that so? Well, that doesn’t mean all of what Pamela did can be forgiven though.)」
『You demon!!』
「Aaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!」
When Alistar and the holy sword were arguing busily, a man’s scream echoed. It was the black miasma that overflowed from Pamela.
It gathered in the air and gradually shaped into something a human-like face.
「Shut up shut up shut up!! Damn you, made me hear an unpleasant song! I had to escape out from the heart I parasitized because of that!」
「Y-you are…!?」
「Hmm? I’m a devil. The Great Devil, Cust-sama!」
To Malta’s question, Cust assumed himself as a great devil with arrogance loudly.
Alistar was thinking something extremely rude when he heard his name.
「It was a very comfortable place… and you chased me away…!」
「Y-you were inside Onee-sama this whole time…!?」
「Yeah. At the moment she was born, I nested in her heart.」
The face that formed from the black miasma smiles wickedly.
「T-then, the reason Onee-sama did such things…!!」
「It was because I stirred up her desire. She was having a devil inside her heart. Well, it was natural for her to gone mad….」
He laughs heartily.
「And she didn’t know about it. I mean, I possessed her at the moment she was born. She thought that her extraordinary desire came from her own. Mwahahaha, it’s funny. The truth is, it was all because of me!!」
Cust laughs and can’t help but feels happy.
「For a devil, negative emotions such as desire and hatred are my nourishment. I received many foods for these several decades… and now my power is close to the great devils who have a name in history!!
「Ugh…!?」
When Cust shouted, a wave of terrifying magic power spread.
Indeed, his power is enough for him to boast, he can easily surpass even Malta in her perfect condition.
She doesn’t know about the devils who have a name in history, but she understands that he has mighty power. However… if he got it with Pamela as a sacrifice, she definitely won’t accept it and she’s really angry.
「You……!」
She takes out the trident spear Filomena and tries to take him down, but…
「Kuhyahyahyahyahya!! There’s no way you can defeat me with that leftovers magic power of yours!」
「Kyaah!?」
The black miasma with substance attacked Malta and flicked off the trident spear from her hand.
Unfortunately, what Cust said was a fact. Malta right now doesn’t have much power left to deal with a demon with such a power.
Moreover, she just sang a song for the first time, which was enough to drive out the devil that had been inside the heart for decades.
Not only her magic power, but also her energy was exhausted. Yes, it is certainly impossible for Malta to defeat Cust.
But… there is a holy sword and hero here.
「Then, I’ll beat you.」
「Hmm? … What!?」
‘Another stupid one appeared again’, when Cust turned his eyes to make fun of Alistar… he opened his eyes in amazement.
There was a figure of a man spilling black magic power from a sword that’s so wicked.
「What, the hell is that…!? So repulsive, so ominous… that’s not the color of magic that the likes of human can handle…!」
「(It’s all because of the cursed sword…)」
『It’s you blackness, you know!?』
Since their voices didn’t reach to Cust, he is still shivering.
Well, that’s natural. Because the wave of the black magic power worn by Alistar is…
「It’s equal to the Great Devil Satan…!?」
No, he doesn’t know if it’s actually correct. Because Cust has never seen the devil among devil, Satan, directly. However, setting aside the amount of magic power that Alistar wears, its ominousness is more than a devil… it’s more vicious than him.
「(Still, I didn’t think that I could overflow this much magic power.)」
『Hmm?』
The holy sword reacts to Alistar’s carefree words.
「(Well, you see… Maximilian, was it? I thought that my magic power was completely empty when I fought at that place. My physical strength and mental strength are also exhausted that it seems pitiful. My~, I also had a magic talent, huh!)」
Alistar laughs thoughtlessly.
Although the Holy Sword is basically manipulating his body, it’s his stamina or magic power that’s consumed as a driving force. Therefore, the magic power that consumed for the powerful slash 『Evil Slash』 takes a burden on Alistar body. So, the current situation is that he can’t shoot it many times.
Alistar thought that he had used it up in the battle with Maximilian, but… was there a talent he didn’t know?
「(But… somehow I feel like something important is slipping through…)」
Alistar tilts his head.
Well, I don’t feel good when my magic power is consumed, so this feeling might be just like that.
It was when he thought so…
『Oh. Maybe it’s life force.』
The holy sword begins to explain.
『Sorry, but you don’t have talent in terms of magic. As you say, your magic power is completely empty after you used that slash in battle with Maximilian.』
「(Eh? Then, why I can let out this magic power?)」
When he looks at the holy sword with surprised eyes, the black magic power sure is overflowing. Moreover, it seems to have more power and quantity than usual….
The holy sword gives the answer to Alistar who does not seem to understand.
『Magic power unexpectedly can be supplemented by something as substitution. In this case, it’s a life force.』
「(Hee, life force huh. Yeah, I see, life force……… l-life force?)」
First, Alistar was listening while nodding.
However, he gradually swallows it, his face gradually turns pale…
「Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!?」
The scream of Alistar echoed.
